Trump rape case: Even a former president is not above the law, court told

Jurors will be asked to decide whether Mr Trump committed battery and defamed writer E Jean Carroll and whether damages should be awarded.

E Jean Carroll leaves federal court in New York where she is suing Donald Trump over an alleged rape (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Donald Trump should be held accountable for sexually attacking an advice columnist in 1996 because even a former president is not above the law, a lawyer for the columnist told a jury on Monday in closing arguments in the lawsuit that accuses Trump of rape.

A lawyer for Trump responded by calling the accuser’s account “unbelievable” and “outrageous”.